Sophie gamand

Sophie Gamand is an award-winning artist, photographer, advocate and animal chaplain whose work explores the emotional and spiritual bond between humans and dogs. Sophie is known for Pit Bull Flower Power, Wet Dog, and her compassionate portraits of shelter dogs. Her images highlight the dogs’ dignity and agency, fostering empathy and a deeper human-dog connection. Based in Los Angeles.

U.S. based French photographer Sophie Gamand is still on the mission to challenge the often negative perception of Pit bulls. Since we covered her project Flower Power, Pit Bulls Of The Revolution 1,5 year ago, more than 140 shelter Pit bulls from her flowery photo series have found loving homes. Gamand also has nearly 70k followers on Instagram.

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Sophie Gamand Photography is changing the perception of pit bulls with her Pitbull Flower Power project. (and it's too cute for words!)

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French photographer Sophie Gamand decided to create a natural and very cute photo series of dogs getting wet during their grooming procedures. What makes the fittingly-titled Wet Dog photo series so funny is how realistically these little fellows react to water and shampoo. Some fur balls remain stoic and pretend that everything's OK, but others don’t even try to hide their emotions, and you can see the misery, surprise and even anger in their eyes. Don’t worry, though - not a single doggy…

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Sophie Gamand, New York based award-winning photographer